110g Mixed Reef V2

FlamesFan · #1 01-24-2009, 05:26 AM

Hey doug. This is Sean, that silly guy who was doing some reno work at maxwell beside RC. Long time no see

I really need to find time to get down to that end of town. Why are you guys so far! Anyways I've been trolling your build for a while now and everything looks great. I also recently took out a g midday too. I found I got way to much algae stimulation with it and also it's very "white". I replaced it with a kz fiji purple and loved it.

Oh I also read in a diff post that you been dosing with "some" ZEO product and have had good results. I have moved into a full ZEO dosing regiment (minus the reactor) and have had great results aswell. Just a question, I read you don't use the zeo amino acid product because it's much cheaper. Im wondering if you have had good results with it. Some people have posted switching from the Zeo amino to another product and then ending up switching back due to the results. I trust your opinion though and honestly saving any coin in this hobby is a good thing.

fishytime · #2 01-24-2009, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by FlamesFan

Hey doug. This is Sean, that silly guy who was doing some reno work at maxwell beside RC. Long time no see

I really need to find time to get down to that end of town. Why are you guys so far! Anyways I've been trolling your build for a while now and everything looks great. I also recently took out a g midday too. I found I got way to much algae stimulation with it and also it's very "white". I replaced it with a kz fiji purple and loved it.

Oh I also read in a diff post that you been dosing with "some" ZEO product and have had good results. I have moved into a full ZEO dosing regiment (minus the reactor) and have had great results aswell. Just a question, I read you don't use the zeo amino acid product because it's much cheaper. Im wondering if you have had good results with it. Some people have posted switching from the Zeo amino to another product and then ending up switching back due to the results. I trust your opinion though and honestly saving any coin in this hobby is a good thing.

Hey....hows it going man? Your right ....you should make it up our way more often

Thanks for the comp. For me it wasnt algae, it was purely the color that I didnt like. I thought the midday would increase coral growth and had I been able to live with the color I suppose it would have done that. The color looked more yellow to my eye. I guess I can live with slightly slower growth rates in lue of a more visually appealing tank. Thats the beauty of T5s. You can custom tailor the appearance by mixing bulbs.

Honestly....when Im done with this bottle of Seachem amino,I will likely switch to the Pohls.Not becuase I am unhappy with the seachem, but because of the reputation of the Pohls products as being the "best". I started my amino dosing with the seachem at the suggestion of a customer and the benefits were almost immediate. I agree trying to save a few bucks where you can is essential, but like most things in this hobby ...you get what you pay for.

FlamesFan · #3 01-24-2009, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by fishytime

Hey....hows it going man? Your right ....you should make it up our way more often

Thanks for the comp. For me it wasnt algae, it was purely the color that I didnt like. I thought the midday would increase coral growth and had I been able to live with the color I suppose it would have done that. The color looked more yellow to my eye. I guess I can live with slightly slower growth rates in lue of a more visually appealing tank. Thats the beauty of T5s. You can custom tailor the appearance by mixing bulbs.

Honestly....when Im done with this bottle of Seachem amino,I will likely switch to the Pohls.Not becuase I am unhappy with the seachem, but because of the reputation of the Pohls products as being the "best". I started my amino dosing with the seachem at the suggestion of a customer and the benefits were almost immediate. I agree trying to save a few bucks where you can is essential, but like most things in this hobby ...you get what you pay for.

*sigh* thats what I figured. I guess I will still put the money up for the KZ products lol. Your so true with "you get what you pay for". Atm I am kicking myself in the ass for buying a euroreef RS skimmer. If I would have known better I wouldn't have have thought that 1000 dollar bubble king wasn't a rip off

. Now I wanna get rid of this thing and pick one up. Or at minimum something that recirculates.

As far as the midday bulb, yeh it was an ugly ass yellow. For some reason though it really stimulated "common" green film algae growth in my tank. Especially on my glass. As soon as I swapped it out for a KZ fiji purple I went from having to clean my glass daily to once every couple days.

I am going to have to get some pics up of my tank one day to show you, but unfortunately my 150 dollar camera mixed with my noobie photography skills really takes shitty pictures. For some reason my camera can't seem to take a picture of my tank that's not blurry or has bad white balance. Even in macro mode. Who knows, maybe the camera is fine and it's all the end user

fishytime · #4 01-26-2009, 04:24 PM

My camera is a P&S that wasnt terribly expensive.Most of the outside the tank shots I do with a tripod. That makes a huge difference. The close ups and top downs are done with the camera in the tank and obviously I end up rattling off a few shots, trying to get non-blurry and subject centered pictures.

Crappy pics is better than noooo pics.

On that note.... heres a couple crappy actinic shots.